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Psycho by Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe story was all too real-indeed this classic was inspired by the real-life story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual life. Alfred Hitchcock too was captivated, and turned the book into one of the most-loved classic films of all time the year after it was released.Norman Bates loves his Mother. She has been dead for the past twenty years, or so people think... -
![Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck]()
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne year ago, on a rainy night, I made a horrible mistake.A mistake that would haunt my every waking moment.I accidentally killed Nate, the star quarterback.Or so I thought.Now he’s back from the dead.Nothing will quench his thirst for revenge.Not until my broken pieces lie scattered by his feet and he’s inhaled my last breath.The only way out is in a body bag... -
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Halloween by Richard Curtis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsBased on the screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Tricked by his cunning ... Treated to his savagery ... Annie, Linda and Laurie ... fresh, pretty, ready to be taken ... stalked by a sadistic power who has returned to claim new victims, on this ... the most frightening night of the year... -
![12 Steps: A Novel of Suspense by Iain Rob Wright]()
12 Steps: A Novel of Suspense by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA rainy night. A storm incoming. A group of alcoholics trying to stay clean. But staying clean is impossible when you have blood on your hands. Justice will always catch up with you. Adam lost his entire life to alcohol, but tonight he is one year sober. While he never expects to ever again be happy, he is at least back in control of his life... -
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![The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Stephen Hand]()
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Stephen Hand
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn August 20th 1973, police were dispatched to a remote farmhouse in Travis County, Texas. Within the confines of a cryptic residence discovered the butchered remains of 33 victims. Brandishing a chainsaw and wearing the grotesque flesh masks of his victims, the killer became forever known as 'Leatherface'... -
![Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren]()
Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a young woman dies in Willow Zulawski’s arms, it sets in motion a chain of events that will push her to the brink of madness.A mysterious video is the only clue, but as Willow digs deeper into the murky world of snuff movies, those closest to her start turning up dead. Someone out there will stop at nothing to silence her... -
![Escape! by Iain Rob Wright]()
Escape! by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBrand new Horror novel from acclaimed author Iain Rob Wright. Can you figure out the secrets of "the room" and escape before it's too late?Cheryl is about to learn that the people she works with are keeping a secret. One they are willing to kill for.Cheryl is the new girl at work, which is why she feels like she doesn't have a choice when she's asked to go on a "company outing... -
![The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright]()
The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTEN DAYS, TWELVE COMPETITORS, TWO MILLION POUNDS IN CASH.What at first appears to be a wonderful opportunity for Damien Banks turns out to be the worst nightmare he can imagine. Trapped inside a house with eleven strangers, and a booming voice known only as ‘The Landlord’ controlling his every move, Damien will be forced to compete not only for the money, but for his life... -
![One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci]()
One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Trilina Pucci cranks up the heat in this sexy slasher filled with dark family secrets, classic horror tropes, and banter as sharp as a deranged killer’s knife.Love is patient.Love is kind.Love will stab you from behind.It’s Halloween night, and out-of-work writer Goldie Monroe’s trip to the drugstore scares up more than the fake blood she’s looking for... -
![Island of the Dolls by Jeremy Bates]()
Island of the Dolls by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE CREEPIEST ISLAND ON EARTHDeep within an ancient Aztec canal system on the outskirts of Mexico City lies Isla de las Munecas...a reportedly haunted island infested with thousands of decrepit dolls.While there to film a television documentary, several friends discover a brutal murder... -
![The Cotton Candy Massacre by Christopher Robertson]()
The Cotton Candy Massacre by Christopher Robertson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe book you are about to read is an account of the tragedy that occurred at the reopening of Bonkin's Bonanza one day in the summer of 1989.Some came looking for fun, like Candy Barton and her best friend, Leigh. Others, like Rocky Rhodes and Sully Sullivan, came looking for a second chance. Instead, they would find a twisted, funfetti nightmare... -
![The Cabin by Amy Cross]()
The Cabin by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"There are stories about this place. It's said that something really bad happened here once, in the room where we're standing right now." When Anna arrives in Norway to visit a long-lost friend, she expects to spend a calm, relaxing weekend at a remote cabin. Soon, however, she learns that some of the other guests are not what they seem, and the cabin itself has a dark history... -
![Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley]()
Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt's a Midsommar night's Scream in this blood-soaked thriller set at a remote healing retreat from horror author Brian McAuley.Hannah has been running from her demons ever since she emerged from a harrowing wilderness trip without her fiancé. No one knows exactly what happened the day Ben died, and Hannah would like to keep it that way.. -
![The Good, the Bad, and the Sadistic by Jon Athan]()
The Good, the Bad, and the Sadistic by Jon Athan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClayton Carter and Chastity Harrison embark on a gruesome killing spree across Southern California, always staying one step ahead of the authorities while slaughtering their victims. Homicide Detective Harvey Skinner, frustrated by his failure to catch them, decides to use an unconventional method to punish Clayton and Chastity... -
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![Mind of a Killer by Dan Padavona]()
Mind of a Killer by Dan Padavona
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDare to enter a killer’s mind. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in an idyllic lake community. In over his head, the local sheriff calls upon the Behavior Analysis Unit’s best profiler, Scarlett Bell, to find the murderer. Is a serial killer stalking Coral Lake? Now Scarlett faces a killer unlike any she’s encountered. Bloodthirsty. Cunning. Insane... -
![Camp Firwood by Boris Bacic]()
Camp Firwood by Boris Bacic
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf the counselors of Camp Firwood send you into the woods, you're as good as dead.When the rebellious teenager Kevin gets sent to a summer camp by his parents, he initially has no idea what's in store for him. Every two weeks, the camp organizes an event called The Trial. The campers all dread it. They don't want to spend the night in the woods with the Firwood Wraith roaming around... -
![Headhunter Reimagined (Special X) by Michael Slade]()
Headhunter Reimagined (Special X) by Michael Slade
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIT BEGAN WITH HORROR. THEN IT GOT WORSE.There were still traces of extraordinary beauty in the woman's brutally violated body--but there was no way of knowing how beautiful she had been.Her head was missing.She was the first--but there were more to come.Many more.A killer was loose and no woman was safe.. -
![Disco Deathtrap by Cameron Roubique]()
Disco Deathtrap by Cameron Roubique
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's New Year's Eve 1980, and the students of DeAngelo High School are lacing up their skates for the All-Night New Year's Lock-In at the Rollerville Roller Disco. Some of them just want to skate and dance the night away to the pounding disco music. Some want to pull a few pranks and have a few laughs... -
![The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith]()
The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA group of college friends are ready for a week of partying at their rented beach house. They didn't count on a pair of homicidal maniacs crashing the party... -
![The App by Stuart James]()
The App by Stuart James
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe App...Once you're in, they'll never let you leave.Whatever happens, don't download The App.* It will come in the form of a link. Maybe in your DM's on a social media account, the junk folder of your emails or a WhatsApp message from a friend.* You'll be enticed by the chance of winning one hundred thousand pounds on offer every Friday, wired straight into the winner's bank account... -
![Black Canyon by Jeremy Bates]()
Black Canyon by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE NEW FACE OF EVILBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado boasts one of the most beautiful and deepest canyons in the United States. For twelve-year-old Brian Garrett, a weekend camping trip in the park promises to be an opportunity to bond with his aloof parents... -
![Night of the Prowler by Jon Athan]()
Night of the Prowler by Jon Athan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAssist the customers. Stock the shelves. Sweep the floors. Take out the trash. Survive the night.Zoe Doyle, an eighteen-year-old girl saving up for college and her first car, is working the night shift by herself at a secluded gas station for the first time. Her hopes for a normal night quickly diminish as she meets the local creeps, but she perseveres... -
![Under the Blade by Matt Serafini]()
Under the Blade by Matt Serafini
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen she returns, so does the horror… At seventeen, Melanie Holden was the sole survivor of Cyrus Hoyt’s killing spree at Camp Forest Grove. Now in her forties, she has bottomed out personally and professionally, still haunted by the undying memories of that madman... -
![Halloween Kills: The Official Movie Novelization by Tim Waggoner]()
Halloween Kills: The Official Movie Novelization by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe official novelization of the highly anticipated sequel to 2018’s Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen, and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor... -
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![Halloween II by Jack Martin]()
Halloween II by Jack Martin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is Halloween night in Haddonfield, Illinois. Six gunshots pierce the silence of this normally quiet town. Neighborhood kids trick-or-treating on the street stare as a man plunges off a balcony. A doctor form the county mental hospital rushes from the house... -
![Neighbors by Jeremy Bates]()
Neighbors by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF PSYCHO MAY BE LIVING NEXT DOORNew York is a city of eight million strangers. For twenty-five-year old Buddy Smith, who values his privacy, it’s the only place he would call home. Yet his simple life is flipped upside down when a new neighbor moves in next door. She’s young, beautiful, a bit nosy...and might just be a cold-blooded killer... -
![Brother by Ania Ahlborn]()
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBrotherfollows a teenager determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions.Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it’s served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side of the highway, the cops don’t knock on their door... -
![Halloween IV by Nicholas Grabowsky]()
Halloween IV by Nicholas Grabowsky
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt's the return of Michael Myers in the definitive Halloween novelization! By special arrangement with Trancas International Films, fantasy/horror author Nicholas Grabowsky presents a special, limited edition of his novel, the way it was meant to be... -
![His to Slash by Mae Celeste]()
His to Slash by Mae Celeste
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I moved to Red Hallow, I was looking for a fresh start, not a nightmare. But this town has a secret—a legend that stalks its streets in the dark, hunting in silence. His name is Grayson Hale, and he was supposed to be my end.I saw the blood on his hands, the bodies he left behind. When he pinned me to the ground, I thought I’d be next... -
![The Venue by T.J. Payne]()
The Venue by T.J. Payne
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Rollicking dark, twisted fun!" Welcome to THE VENUEWhere the super rich can get away from it all. ...and get away with anything they want.You're invited to Caleb Hunt's wedding! Sure, you haven't spoken since you two had a falling out in high school, but Caleb has gotten over that. He's a forgiving person. It was all a misunderstanding. He credits you with turning him into the man he is today... -
![Last Breath by Michael Prescott]()
Last Breath by Michael Prescott
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSixteen years after her first encounter with a horrifying killer as a young child, LAPD officer Caitlin Osborn comes face to face with her old nemesis who reawakens her childhood nightmares as she investigates a series of bizarre killings linked to her own dark past... -
![Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson]()
Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Menu meets Ready of Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom.Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine... -
![Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization by John Passarella]()
Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization by John Passarella
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn 1978, Laurie Strode survived an encounter with Michael Myers, a masked figure who killed her friends and terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night. Myers was later gunned down, apprehended and committed to Smith's Grove State Hospital... -
![You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil]()
You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Cath receives her invitation to The Event--a monetised retreat for social media influencers--she can't believe her luck. Irene Jobert is the most famous influencer in the world, and now Cath will be one of the five participants chosen to stay with Irene in a renovated Transylvanian monastery.The catch? Their every move will be live-streamed to millions of people around the world... -
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![The Purification Ceremony by Mark T. Sullivan]()
The Purification Ceremony by Mark T. Sullivan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn LA Times Best Book of the Year The product of a long line of hunters, shamans, and healers, Diana Jackman grew up surrounded by wilderness. A natural-born tracker, she and seven other hunters have gathered in the remote and treacherous snow-covered tundra of northern British Columbia in pursuit of white-tail deer. And while the group may be isolated, they are not alone... -
![Jinxed by Thommy Hutson]()
Jinxed by Thommy Hutson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh School Can Be a Real KillerBreak a mirrorWalk under a ladderStep on a crackInnocent childhood superstitions …But someone at the secluded Trask Academy of Performing Arts is taking things one deadly step further when the campus is rocked with the deaths of some of its star students... -
![The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas]()
The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSo much screaming. When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his best friend, Tooth, he knows they're going to have a good time. A summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, and maybe even girls. So much pain. The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain... -
![Halloween III: Season of the Witch by Jack Martin]()
Halloween III: Season of the Witch by Jack Martin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo you know where your kids are tonight?The streets are quiet. Dead quiet as the shadows lengthen and night falls. It's Halloween. Blood-chilling screams pierce the air. Grinning skulls and grotesque shapes lurk in the gathering darkness. It's Halloween. The streets are filling with small cloaked figures. They're just kids, right? The doorbell rings and your flesh creeps... -
![Death's Door by Michael Slade]()
Death's Door by Michael Slade
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe photos pinned to the Strategy Wall in Chief Superintendent Robert DeClercq's office prove that he and his colleagues are up against a monster this time — or is it monsters?First there's the baffling murder by incineration of eight people in Britain, which seems to have been done simply to steal a corpse... -
![The Island by Matt Shaw]()
The Island by Matt Shaw
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen contestants were sent to a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean, where they'd be left to fend for themselves for a number of weeks, as part of a new reality television show. After a quick weekend learning basic survival skills, these people were dumped on the island's shoreline with basic rations, basic tools and equipment they could use to document their journey... -
![Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis]()
Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at the summer camp that was once her serial killer father’s home—perfect for fans of Friday the 13th and White SmokeTemple Baker knows that evil runs in her blood. Her father is the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer known for how he marked each of his victims with a brand... -
![Island by Richard Laymon, Dean Koontz]()
Island by Richard Laymon, Dean Koontz
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen Rupert Conway set out on a cruise with seven other people, he planned to swim a little, get some sun and relax. He certainly didn't plan to get shipwrecked. But after the yacht blew up, that's what happened - he and his shipmates were stranded on a deserted island. Luckily for them, the island has plenty of fresh water and enough food to last until they get rescued... -
![Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke]()
Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOn a scorching hot summer day in Elkwood, Alabama, Claire Lambert staggers naked, wounded, and half-blind away from the scene of an atrocity. She is the sole survivor of a nightmare that claimed her friends, and even as she prays for rescue, the killers — a family of cannibalistic lunatics — are closing in... -
![The Sitter by R.L. Stine]()
The Sitter by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaster of chilling suspense R. L. Stine proves that you never outgrow a good scare. If he frightened you then, he’ll terrify you now. . . .Ellie Saks is dying to escape the city. She’s sick of dead-end jobs, her mother’s disapproval, her loser ex-boyfriend, Clay, who won’t take a hint, and the memories of a terrible incident that occurred years ago... -
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![Am I Beautiful? by Jon Athan]()
Am I Beautiful? by Jon Athan
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdam Miller, a successful marketing manager at a travel agency, visits Tokyo, Japan on business. During his trip, he has a one-night stand with a young Japanese woman, Miki Someya. But Miki latches onto him. She follows him—stalks him—through the streets of Tokyo, professing her love and begging for his... -
![Camp 1985 by Matthew R. Corr]()
Camp 1985 by Matthew R. Corr
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN B0D5NC47PK can be found hereEnter the nostalgia-laced world of CAMP 1985, A bogus new summer program where parents send their social-media-addicted teens to unplug and make face-to-face connections without the help of a screen. Ander expects a fun weekend getaway with other influencers but instead finds himself trapped in a radical landscape without wifi...Categorized as:
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![The Thicket by Noelle W. Ihli]()
The Thicket by Noelle W. Ihli
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWould you recognize a real scream on Halloween?That’s the question haunting Norah Lewis.She can’t shake the guilt that’s stalked her since the night her brother was murdered. She heard —and ignored—his last screams. Just like everyone else at the Thicket, a haunted attraction in tiny Declo, Idaho.But as Halloween approaches, Norah’s personal tragedy is overshadowed by a media circus... -
![Helltown by Jeremy Bates]()
Helltown by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNO ONE LEAVES ALIVESince the 1980s there have been numerous reports of occult activity and other possibly supernatural phenomenon within certain villages and townships of Summit County, Ohio - an area collectively known as Helltown... -
![Darkness, Tell Us by Richard Laymon]()
Darkness, Tell Us by Richard Laymon
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt started as a game. Six college kids at a party. Then someone suggested they try the Ouija board. The board that Corie had hidden in the back of her closet and sworn never to touch again. Not after what happened last time. Not after Jake's death...They were only playing around, but the Ouija board worked all right. Maybe too well... -
![How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans]()
How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads.There’s a reason CJ Smith’s hometown of Satterville is known as Slasherville: it was the site of not one, but two Friday the 13th-style massacres. CJ’s dad survived the first attack; only CJ survived the second...
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